Your Favorite Christmas Hymns and Carols for Strings, Book 2

Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick

This is the second volume of the collection of best-loved Christmas hymns and carols arranged for strings, to brighten up your next Christmas event. This publication includes full four-part instrumental scores plus parts for first violin, second violin, viola, cello and optional double bass. Both cello and bass parts appear on a single staff. The arrangements can be used with string quartet, string quintet or string ensemble. There?s also an optional but useful simplified keyboard part intended for less experienced keyboard players. The left hand plays only the bass part most of the time, with the right hand part kept as simple as possible. It could be used as the basis of an accompaniment which means that you can use the arrangements as solos, duets or trios. You can create a brighter string tone by asking the more advanced first and second violin players to play an octave higher when necessary. You can hear this effect in the audio samples.

The arrangements are intended either as stand-alone pieces that could be used as interludes in a concert or service, or they could be used to accompany solo, choral or congregational singing. The arrangements been written in string-friendly keys as often as possible. While the hymns mostly use the traditional harmonies, the carols have been treated more freely.

Book 2 contains the following 21 titles: As with Gladness Men of Old (Melody: Dix); Away in a Manger (Melody: Cradle Song); Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (Melody: Bransle de l'Officiel); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; A Great and Mighty Wonder (Melody: Es ist ein Ros); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Melody: W. Zlobie Lezy); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Noel); Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (Melody: Resonet in Laudibus); Joy to the World (Melody: Antioch); O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Melody: Veni Emmanuel); O Little Town of Bethlehem (Melody: Forest Green) ; Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); Quem Pastores Laudavere; Lully, lulla Thou Little Tiny Child (Melody: Coventry Carol); Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Calling (Melody: Merton); The First Nowell; The Wassail Song; We Three Kings (Melody: Kings of Orient), While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (Melody: Winchester Old) and While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (Melody: Christmas).

The audio samples include Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Lully, lulla Thou Little Tiny Child and The First Nowell. Please note that the arrangements are usually not usually compatible with the brass collection of the same name.

This compilation includes "Silent Night", "Sing We Now of Christmas", "Coventry Carol", "He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child" and "The First Noel" arranged for solo violin with piano accompaniment. These pieces would be beautiful additions to Christmas services, events or recitals.
A piano accompaniment track is available separately for each of the pieces included in this compilations and can be found on Sheet Music Plus using the following Item ID#'s:
Silent Night - Piano Accompaniment Track for Violin Solo Item ID #S0.903545
Sing We Now of Christmas - Piano Accompaniment Track for Violin Solo Item Id#S0.893637
Coventry Carol - Piano Accompaniment Track for Violin Solo Item ID#S0.898221
He Is Born, the Divine Christ Child - Piano Accompaniment Track for Violin Solo Item ID#S0.876761
The First Noel - Piano Accomopaniment Track for Violin Solo Item ID #S0.883561
Thank you to Jeff Jacobs at pixabay for the cover image.

Digital Pack includes:

1. Advent Coventry Carol - Full Score
2. Advent Coventry Carol - Flute
3. Advent Coventry Carol - Oboe
4. Advent Coventry Carol - Piano
5. Advent Coventry Carol - Violin 1
6. Advent Coventry Carol - Violin 2
7. Advent Coventry Carol - Viola
8. Advent Coventry Carol - Cello
9. Advent Coventry Carol - String Bass

An anthology of beloved Christmas Carols in easy arrangements for SATB chorus, with the following titles:


Gaudete
Personent hodie
Coventry Carol
Quem pastores laudavere
Quitez pasteurs
Pat-a-pan
Still, Still, Still
Fum, Fum, Fum
Adeste Fideles
Fr�liche Weinacht
Noche de paz-Silent Night
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

What can be more fun than playing Christmas Carols during the festive season?

David Mathie has arranged 25 Christmas Carol Favorites for Tuba Quartet (2 Euph & 2 Tubas) in easily played keys, all in bass clef, in hymnal style, perfect for sing-alongs. Your congregation/audience will join in to help you fill the room or the great outdoors with the glorious sounds of Christmas.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Angels We Have Heard on High

2. Away in a Manger

3. Bring a Torch

4. Coventry Carol

5. Deck the Halls

6. The First Noel

7. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

8. Good King Wenceslas

9. Good Christian Men, Rejoice

10. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

11. The Holly and the Ivy

12. I Saw Three Ships

13. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

14. Joy to the World

15. Lo, How a Rose E?er Blooming

16. O Come, All Ye Faithful

17. O Little Town of Bethlehem

18. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

19. Silent Night

20. Sussex Carol

21. Wassail Song

22. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

23. We Three Kings

24. What Child Is This?

25. While Shepherds Watched

Jim Hopson has arranged a 16th Century Christmas Carol Medley for Trombone Quartet. The three carols are:

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella - Lo' How a Rose E'er Blooming - Coventry Carol

There are touches of jazz chording and rhythmic stylings throughout, adding a bit of mystery to the 16th Century flavors.

The medley is about 2 1/2 minutes in length and appropriate for advanced performers.

A haunting and beautiful arrangement of the beloved 15th century carol, here arranged for SSAA chorus, unaccompanied. Presented in open score, in the key of C minor. No divisi. Intermediate.

This traditional English Christmas carol has been freshly arranged with a more dramatic flair for a Viola solo with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting. An accompaniment track is also available.

This traditional English Christmas carol has been freshly arranged with a more dramatic flair for a Cello solo with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any church or concert setting. An accompaniment track is also available.